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National Occupation and Employment Survey (ENOE), 2009
LFS-Q2, IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 2009
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MEX_2009_LFS-Q2_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), IPUMS
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Education requirement for highest degree achieved (MX2009I_CS_P15)

Data file: MEX2009_LFS-Q2-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 228
End: 228
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<div class="title">Sociodemographic questionnaire</div></p>

<p><span class="h1">VII. Sociodemographic characteristics</span></p>

<p>15. Education prerequisites - What educational prerequisites did [the respondent] need to begin studying in his/her career field?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Elementary<br />[] 2 Secondary<br />[] 3 High school<br />[] 9 Doesn't know</div>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Primary school
2 High school
3 Preparatory school
9 Unknown
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h1">6.5 Section VII. Sociodemographic characteristics</span>
<br />In this section, the sociodemographic information of the members of the household in the selected home is obtained. The type of information collected varies based on the different age groups and sex of the people subject to the study, as shown on the following chart:</p>

<p>[Omitted figure]</p>

<p>The preceding topic can be seen on the back of the sociodemographic questionnaire, that is, in the next image:</p>

<p>[Omitted figure]</p>

<p><span class="em">Question 15</span>
<br />The purpose of this question is to learn the academic background of people who declared they had studied any major.</p>

<p>[Omitted figure]</p>

<p>Instructions:</p>
<div class="i1">- Teacher training studies. If the person studied basic teacher training, ask what was the academic background they were asked for: primary, secondary or preparatory. Enter the code based on the level of academic background indicated.</div><p>In the case of those who completed the complementary pedagogical studies to take teacher training studies at the graduate's level,
<br />[Omitted figure]</p>
<div class="i1">consider the academic background to be preparatory, therefore, when recording the information enter code 3.<br />- Professional level studies. If the academic background for studies at the graduate's level is the technical professional level or the pedagogic level (in the case of teacher training studies), enter code 3, that is, consider it preparatory or equivalent.<br />- Sequence to follow. Regardless of information entered, continue with question 16.</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the education requirement for highest degree achieved.
Universe
Mexico 2009 Q2 LFS: Present persons age 5+ with post-secondary education except those with master's and doctorate degrees

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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